Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows)

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Layout mode
Object selection and modification Text editing
Text alignment
Text style
Text size
Text navigation
To Press
Create a new layout Ctrl+N
Go to the next layout Ctrl+Down Arrow or
Shift+PgDn
Go to the previous layout Ctrl+Up Arrow or
Shift+PgUp
Move to a specific layout Esc (to activate the
book icon), type the
layout number, then
press Enter
To Press
Select an object Tab or Shift+Tab
repeatedly until the
desired object is
selected.
Select multiple objects Shift as you click
each object
individually.
Resize a selected object when the
Inspector is open (click Inspector
in the formatting bar)
Ctrl+1 to move to
the Position tab of
the Inspector. Then
Tab to the desired
sizing action and
enter the size value
you want. Press
Enter on the
numeric keypad to
return to the Layout
window.
Copy the style of a selected object Ctrl+Alt+C
Paste the style of another object Ctrl+Alt+V
Align left edges Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
Align right edges Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
Align top edges Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow
Align bottom edges Ctrl+Alt+Down
Arrow
Show or hide rulers Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R
Show or hide the object grid Ctrl+Alt+Y
Turn off the snap-to effect for grid,
guides, or dynamic guides while
resizing an object
Alt and drag the
object's handle
Turn off the snap-to effect for grid,
guides, or dynamic guides while
dragging an object
Alt and drag the
object
Toggle snapping objects to the grid Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Y
Show or hide guides when
creating or editing objects
Ctrl+Alt+;
Toggle snapping objects to guides Ctrl+Alt+Shift+;
Toggle dynamic guides when
creating or editing objects
Ctrl+Alt+’
Bring the selected object forward Ctrl+Shift+[
Bring the selected object to the
front
Ctrl+Alt+[
Change part labels from horizontal
to vertical or vertical to horizontal
Ctrl and click the
label
Drag the selected layout part past
an object
Alt and drag the part
Duplicate the selected object Ctrl+D
Duplicate an object by dragging it Ctrl and drag the
object
Group objects Ctrl+R
Lock an object Ctrl+Alt+L
Move the selected object one point
at a time
Arrow keys
Reorder the selected part Shift and drag the
part
Rotate an object Ctrl+Alt+R
Send the selected object
backward
Ctrl+Shift+]
Send the selected object to the
back
Ctrl+Alt+]
Ungroup objects Ctrl+Shift+R
Unlock an object Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
To Press
Clear selected text Delete
Copy selected text Ctrl+Ins or Ctrl+C
Copy all text in a record Ctrl+C with no
objects selected
Copy all records in the found set to
the Clipboard in text form
Ctrl+Shift+C
with no objects
selected
Cut selected text Shift+Delete or
Ctrl+X
Paste Ctrl+V
Undo Alt+Backspace or
Ctrl+Z
Redo Ctrl+Y or
Ctrl+Shift+Z
Exit text edit mode Enter (numeric
keypad)
Find/replace data Ctrl+Shift+F
Find the next occurrence of the
specified data
Ctrl+G
Reverse the current direction of a
Find Again operation
Ctrl+Shift+G
Replace the Find what data with
the Replace with data, then
search for and select the next
occurrence
Alt+Ctrl+G
Reverse the current direction of a
Replace & Find Again operation
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G
Find the next occurrence of the
selected data in the database
Alt+Ctrl+H
Reverse the current direction of a
Find Selected operation
Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H
Insert a non-breaking space Ctrl+Space bar
Insert a tab in a field Ctrl+Tab
Open the Spelling dialog box when
alerted of a misspelled word
Ctrl+Shift+Y
To align selected text Press
Center Ctrl+ \
Left Ctrl+ [
Right Ctrl+]
Justified Ctrl+Shift+ \
To style selected text Press
Bold Ctrl+Shift+B
Italic Ctrl+Shift+I
Plain Ctrl+Shift+P
Underline Ctrl+Shift+U
To Press
To change the point size of
selected text
Press
The next point size up on the
Format menu
Ctrl+Shift+>
The next point size down on the
menu
Ctrl+Shift+<
Up one point Ctrl+Alt+Shift+>
Down one point Ctrl+Alt+Shift+<
To move the insertion point to
the
Press
Beginning of the text Ctrl+Home
End of the text Ctrl+End
Beginning of the line Home
End of the line End
Beginning of the previous word Ctrl+Left Arrow
End of the next word Ctrl+Right Arrow
Previous character Left Arrow
Next character Right Arrow
Previous line Up Arrow
Next line Down Arrow